Hi, my name is Thelma and I will be your host. We
have an exciting show for you all today with lots of wonderful character
interviews from so many different books.

Let’s welcome Mattie Hathaway and
Dan Richardsback to the show
tonight. They are the stars of the Amazon best-selling series, The Ghost
Files written by USA Today Bestselling author Apryl
Baker.

They're here to tell us a little about everything that's
happened since we last talked with them. First lets recap what happened on our
last show.

Mia Mitchell As Mattie Hathaway

Theo James as Officer Dan
Richards

Thelma: Let’s start with
Mattie. Can you tell us a little about yourself Mattie?

Mattie: Um, what if I don’t want to?

Dan:Squirt, just answer the questions and stop being a brat.

Mattie:Make me.

Thelma:Easy
question first. What describes you in a nutshell, Mattie:

Mattie: Mutant penguin
butterfly.

Dan:Oh, God, not that again.

Mattie: Shut up! There is
nothing wrong with Pengy!

Dan: (shakes his head) Five
minutes of my life I'll never get back Googling that thing.

Mattie:It's cute. Here let me show you!

Thelma:That is just adorable!

Thelma:(chuckles) Let's get back to the interview. I understand your
hesitancy to talk, Mattie. It’s not everyday we meet a real live ghost
whisperer.

Mattie: (glares at Thelma) Did we really have to go there first?
AGAIN, Thelma?

Dan: Mattie is sensitive about
her…er…gift.

Mattie: (laughs outright) Dan has issues accepting the fact I
can see ghosts. He didn’t really believe in things that go bump in the
night before he met me. Now he's all kinds of turned around.

Thelma: Have you always been able to
see ghosts?

Mattie:No it started when I
was five.

Thelma:Can you tell us a little bit
about it?

Mattie: (sighs loudly) Well, as you know I grew up in the
foster care system. When I was five, my mom went nuts and tried to kill
me. She stabbed me and when I woke up, I could see the little
buggers.

Thelma:Wow, that had to be scary.

Mattie: (shrugs) No big deal.

Dan: It is a big, deal. That event shaped her
into the person she is today. She’s tough as nails, more street savvy than the
average sixteen year old girl, and she hides behind all the walls she put up.

Thelma:It sounds like you know her
pretty well, Dan. I bet that wasn’t an easy task.

Dan: You just don’t know the half of it. Mattie
is…well, she’s a handful.

(Mattie kicks Dan, causing him to glare at her.)

Mattie: I am not a handful, I just don’t take crap from
anyone. When you grow up in the system, you learn to defend
yourself. It’s not my fault I’ve had to fight on more than one occasion
over the years.

Thelma:So how did you two meet?

Dan: I was one of the police officers who interviewed her
when her foster sister, Sally, went missing. No one else believed her
when she said the girl didn’t run away, but I did. There was just
something about her frustration that rang true. Then when she started
spouting off about Sally being killed and needing to find her killer, I knew
there was something going on she wasn’t telling me. I just never expected
it to be the bombshell she dropped on me. Do you believe in ghosts,
Officer Dan she asked me. (Shakes his head) I still can’t believe it
sometimes.

Thelma:Was it hard to open up to him
about your gift, Mattie?

Mattie: I still blame my blabbing about it on the drugs. He
met me in the hospital after I’d had a run in with Mirror Boy. Up until
then I didn’t know ghosts could hurt you physically, but boy was I ever
wrong! They can do some serious damage. Anyway, I found myself just
blurting things out that night and then he wouldn’t leave it alone. He
left me no choice but to tell him.

Dan: (chuckles with amusement) I thought you said it was
my eyes?

Mattie: What?

Dan: You talk in your sleep, Squirt.

Thelma:Are you two…you know
together?

Mattie:No, we’re just good friends. Dan has stayed with me a
few nights in the hospital to keep me company is all. He shouldn’t be
repeating things he hears people mutter in their sleep, though. It’s
rude! You're as bad as Eli.

Thelma: So back to Sally. Dan
believed you about her not running away?

Mattie: Yeah. I knew she didn’t run away because I saw her
ghost. She had her hands bound behind her back and her mouth was taped
over, but it was the bullet hole in her head that made realize something bad
had happened to her. I had to find out what happened to her.

Thelma: It sounds like it was very
important to you.

Mattie: Yeah, foster kids take care of each other. We
depend on each other and she needed someone to find her, to let people know she
wasn’t just another statistic. I had to help her even if that meant
talking to the ghosts for the first time in my life. Usually, I just
ignored them and they went away, but now they know I see them and I can’t get
rid of them. They pop up all the time and the most unexpected moments.

Thelma: Did you find out what
happened to her?

Mattie: (grimaces) Yeah, a serial killer had murdered
her and then I got taken captive by the killer. It’s not a pleasant
memory.

Dan:It isn’t for me
either. Worst three days of my life. I went nuts trying to find
her.

Mattie: You? You weren’t the one who was being tortured!

Thelma: You were actually kidnapped
and tortured by the killer?

Mattie: Yes, but I’d rather not talk about that. It brings up too
many painful memories. Why not just watch the book trailer instead of asking
questions I’m not going to answer?

Thelma:I understand completely. It
must be very hard.

(Mattie
nods and looks off into space. Dan takes her hand and squeezes it causing her
to smile at him.)

Mattie: Yeah, it is most days, but I finally have people who
care about me and that helps a ton.

Thelma:I take it Dan is one of those
people?

(Mattie nods.)

Thelma:So do you two think you’ll
ever hook up in the future? You’re so cute together.

Mattie: I’m not sure. He’s very important to me and I
love him, I just don’t know if I love him like that or not. I don’t do feelings
usually. I know everyone expects me to be this mature person with all
this depth because I grew up in the system and I survived being taken captive
and tortured, but I’m still just a sixteen year old girl. I still have
the same insecurities and doubts every other sixteen year old has and I get
scared sometimes. I usually do stupid stuff when I get scared and lash out at
people, but Dan stuck around. He’s family no matter what else might
happen in the future.

Thelma:And you Dan, what do you think?
Will you and Mattie have a relationship in the future?

Dan: I’m in for the long haul whether that means we are
life-long friends or if it develops into something else. Right now we’re
friends. And then there is my brother to think about.

Thelma:Your brother?

(A smile spreads across Mattie's face before a blush heats
up her cheeks.)

Mattie:Eli
Malone...he's...well, he's important to me too. We met over the summer
when...Dan can I talk about this?

(Dan sighs)

Dan:I went looking for Mattie's Dad for her. We found him, but we also found
out that...well, this is complicated and confusing. Mattie's mom and mine were
sisters, who stole us both from different families. I found about it when i
went looking for her father. My mom's in jail right now, for murdering my birth
mother.

Thelma:(gasps) Oh, Dan, I'm so sorry...

(Dan shrugs)

Mattie: I found my father, Ezekiel
Crane and he found his Dad, James Malone, and his brothers: Eli, Caleb, Ben and
his sister Ava. Something good came out of all that.

Thelma:You both sound like
you've a lot going on. Mattie how does it feel to have found your father?

Mattie: It's weird. He's not a very nice man
either, not that he isn't nice to me...that's not what I mean. He loves me. I
can see it, but he's a man who's not afraid to do bad things to get what he
wants. Ezekiel Crane is a dangerous man.

Ezekiel Crane

Dan: If he were the only one we had to worry about I
wouldn't be so worried.

Thelma:What do you mean Dan?

Dan: Like I said, there's a lot that happened. We met
Silas, a demon, who has a fascination with Mattie. I don't know if he wants to
protect or her use her.

Silas

Mattie:I don't think Silas is as bad as Doc. At least the demon's
never lied to me.

Dan:We have to let Doctor Olivet explain himself.

(Mattie glares at Dan, her eyes narrowed)

Dan:You promised you'd hear him out!

Thelma:Who is Doctor Olivet?

Dan: The Spook Doctor as Mattie calls him. He's a famous
parapsychologist who we've been working with on all things ghostly.

Thelma:And you don't trust him now?

Mattie:No, because he LIED and I hate liars.

Dan:He has a picture of Mattie and her mom when she was a baby, so he knew
who she was before he contacted her. Mattie promised she'd listen to his
explanation before writing him off. He's helped us out a lot and deserves
the benefit of the doubt. I personally think her father is who she has to worry
about.

Thelma:This sounds like a touch situation
between you two. Let me ask another question. Aside from family reunions, what
else has happened since we last met you?

Mattie:Dan almost died.

Thelma:What?

Dan:Silas's fault. He used a curse on me to test it out before he used it on
Mattie. Its supposed to keep her safe, but....

Mattie:Dan has a new gift too.

Dan:Yeah, we don't need to talk about that yet, Squirt. Apryl hasn't even released the fourth book yet, so no
one knows about my particular ability.

Mattie:You just don't want to admit you're as weird and freaky as
me.

(Dan rolls his eyes)

Dan: FINE. When I almost died, my soul was out of my body. When I came
back, I could sense things.

Thelma: Sense things?

Dan:(shifts nervously) I can touch
things that belonged to people who died and see...

Mattie:He sees visions. Like a real psychic! He helps me solve the
murders of a bunch kids down in Charlotte with that awesome gift.

Dan: Squirt, I love you
but I might hurt you if you keep blurting stuff out. I don't go around telling
people, "Look at Mattie! She sees ghosts!"

(Mattie laughs)

Mattie:Aww, I love you too Officer Dan!

Thelma:You two seem so
perfect for each other. Are you sure nothings going on between you?

Dan:You haven't seen her with my brother
Eli, yet, but sometimes, I wonder myself, you know? What would happen if I
kissed her? I'm going to...

Thelma: Shh, Dan, don’t give it
away! I have a feeling that we’ll be hearing more from you in the future,
but for right now, let’s end it there and leave everyone hanging.

Mattie: (laughs) I knew I liked you!

Thelma:Thank you both so much for
joining us today and sharing a few things!

Mattie: (jumps up and waves her hand before the camera pans
away) Wait, you didn’t let me tell you about the giveaway Apryl is hosting!

Thelma:Oh, my I forgot!

Mattie: I did promise I’d tell everyone about it, even though
I’m mad at her for all the nonsense she put us through when she wrote the
book. She is giving away a signed set of The Ghost Files V1-3 for US and
Canada residents. International winners will get an ebook set in the format of
their choice. You can register to win on her blog: My Crazy Corner. Just Google
it!

Dan: First here's a little bit
about Apryl Baker, our creator who we usually
love, but sometimes want to strangle for putting us in certain situations...

Mattie: Like Ollie the snake.

Dan: (shudders) Yeah, Ollie. Anyway here's a bit about Apryl:

About the Author:

So who am I? Well, I'm the crazy
girl with an imagination that never shuts up. I LOVE scary movies. My friends
laugh at me when I scare myself watching them and tell me to stop watching
them, but who doesn't love to get scared? I grew up in a small town nestled in
the southern mountains of West Virginia where I spent days roaming around in
the woods, climbing trees, and causing general mayhem. Nights I would stay up
reading Nancy Drew by flashlight under the covers until my parents yelled at me
to go to sleep.

Growing up in a small town, I learned a lot of values and morals, I also
learned parents have spies everywhere and there's always someone to tell your
mama on you. So when you get grounded, what is there left to do? Read! My Aunt
Jo gave me my first real romance novel. It was a romance titled "Lord
Margrave's Deception." I remember it fondly. But I also learned I had a
deep and abiding love of mysteries and anything paranormal. As I grew up, I
started to write just that and would entertain my friends with stories
featuring them as main characters.

Now, I live Huntersville, NC where I entertain my family and watch the cats get
teased by the birds and laugh myself silly when they swoop down and then dive
back up just out of reach. The cats start yelling something fierce...lol.

I love books, I love writing books, and I love entertaining people with my
silly stories.

PS: DO NOT GET IN MY WAY IF THERE IS A SALE ON AT TARGET - my home away from
home!

Well you can catch up with Apryl at any of these
places: (PSSST: Twitter and FB are great if you want to know what's
happening with Dan and me!)

Apryl has also been working on a super-secret project with
her friend and fellow Wattpad author, Jonathan Yanez!It's a
steampunk novel about...air pirates, Atlantis,
and even a dragon or two! It's called The DeCadia
Code and she and Jonathan would love for you guys to read through it
on Wattpad and leave them some comments. I think it's pretty awesome myself!

Thelma: Okay, thanks so much for reminding us of that,
Mattie! Thank you both and lets hear it from our sponsor, Writer’s
Anonymous, for those who just have a problem with writing way too many stories
at one time!

Mattie:Two more
things! She has her first NA Romance coming out in a couple months too!
It's called Broken Paths, book one in the Broken Series. Here's a teaser for
that.